I adopted a small "chiweenie" type dog, abandoned in my neighborhood, wandering around homelessthis summer, very cute dog. She LOVES this toy!!! Packs it around with her all the time,even tries to take it outside with her, she shakes it like crazy!If I squeak it, she goes nuts. I would recommend this toy. She doesn't seem to be a heavy dutychewer, so it is lasting quite well. I got several similar toys like this to give her in the coming days,I am sure she will love them as much as this one. I could see if your dog was a chewer, it might notlast long, but, for maybe supervised play, it could be OK, and then put away safe until you havetime for more supervised play with your dog. I even named my new dog Zany because she goesso nuts for this toy!